Roof-carline.



PATENTED JULY 3, 1906.

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speeication of Letti-fs Patent.

ROOF-cantina e.

' Patented .miv 3,1906.

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Be it known that I, GEORGE B.

State of. Ohio, 'haveii'ive'iited a certain new and useful Improvement in Roof-Carlines, of

Whichfimprovement following is a speeifiention relates to sheet or plate v ihedjin Letters Patent of the Ufnited l.t9,171,lgfanted andissued to me and to Broderick Haskell (as assignee of tWothirds of the right) under date of May 8, 19001,

The object of myipr'ejsentinvention is to 4provide a roofcarline embodying the advantageous features ofthatset forth in Letters Patent No; 649, 171 aforesaid, and Whi ch shall further afford improved facilities for being supported on the-car sidelfplates and for acting as a] tie betiveeii'the'opposite sides of the car.

The improvement. claimed is. hereinafter "ully set forth'.A

In the accompanying drawings, Figure'l is' a side view in elevation, 'shovmng slightly more than one-half m length of a roof-carlme embodying my invention; Fig. 2, a plan 1 or top view, Fig. 3,. an end view, and Figs. 4`

and transverse sections on the lines a a and b b, respective y, of Fig. 1.

ln the practice of my invention I provide a roof-carline'which is formed of sheet or plate metal, preferably by being pressed or shaped in a die or mold.l The body of .the carline is integral and comprises a Web 1 of U or channel transverse section and lateral flanges 1a, projecting fromthe tops of the opposite side 'nembers of the web. The web 1 is downwardly inclined from its'iniddle to each-of its ends at such an angle as maybe adapted to It is also, preferably as shown, diminished in depth from its middle portion .toward each of its ends for a comparatively short distance,

as, say, about one-sixth of its length, from.

each end; but it may, if desired, be made of uniform depth throughout.

The ends of the carline extend completely over and are supported on the side plates of the car-frame, (indicated in dotted lines at the left of Fig. 1,.) and in order to provide for the secure attachment of the car-line to the side plates and the connection of the oppositesides of the car so as to dispense with the usual tie-rods downwardly-turned Hanges 1d Mausi, er' Cleveland, in the county Of'Cuya'hoga and.

cf'a'rlines of the general type whichare formed o n the ends of the body '1, said flanges abutting against the outer-faces'of the side plates -and being secured thereto by .hori- Vzontal b olts, passing through holes 8b in the flanges. Holes Sa are also formed in the lateral flanges 1a of the body for the reception of vertical bolts, byxvhich said flanges are connected to the sideplates.

T O provide suitable bearings for the ridgepole and purlins of the roof, the vmetal of the web 1 and lateral flanges 1a is turned downwardly at the middle ofl the carline and at proper distances bet-Ween the middle and the ends, so as to form seats 6 of channel-'section, in which the ridge-pole and purlins are fitted and to which they are secured by boltspassing through holes'S in the seats.

The practical advantages of strength, lightness, and facility of application inordinary car-framing Which are presented by 'my improvement will be obvious to those familiar With railroad-car construction, and it Will also be'apparent that it may be employed in connection with a car-roof of any desired type. A

I claim as my invention and desire to se- .cure by Letters Patent- 1. A sheet or plate metal roof-carline having an integral body comprising a web ofU or channel section, lateral flanges project-ing from the side members thereof, and down- Wardly-turned flanges at the-ends of the web and lateral fianges.

2. A sheet or plate metal roof-carline having an open-topped integral body comprising -a web of U or channel section, lateral flanges projecting from tle side members thereof, recessed or channel-section seats formed in the Web and lateral flanges, and downwardlyturned flanges on the ends of the web and lateral flanges.

3. In a car-frame, the combination of side tplates, plate-metal roof-carlines pressed into channel-sectionI Withlat-eral flanges projecting from their side members and downwardly- GEORGE R. iiAL'rBY, OF CLEVELAND', OHIO, Assisi-NOR fro cLR'vEiniND` turned'end flanges, and `supported on and A having their end flanges abutting against the side plates, connections securing the carliiies to the side plates, and a ridge-pole and purlins fitting in recessed seats in the sidemenibers and lateral fianges of the carlines.

GEORGE B. MALTBY.

W'itnesses:

, J. SNOWDEN BELL,

CLARENCE A. WrLLi.-\.\is. 

